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  1. Old Twins Cap
    Two 40-man moves. That will be interesting. Start cutting the chaffe.
  2. Old Twins Cap
    I have been on the Rosario bandwagon. The idea of Kepler, Buxton, Rosario outfield growing together is compelling. But, there is something about Eddie's attitude that has started to grate on me. He sulks, his facial expressions, his body language: it's all about him, good or bad. Even Sano, at least, is showing up as a team guy. Now imagine we have a scrappy, high OBP, speed guy leading off, who is better defensively, raises havoc on the bases and is all about team and being the underdog. Call me Granite curious, but at the rate he is going, I can see the Granite skill set fitting in better than Eddie over the long term. Twins have power and defense, but they need OBP, speed and an ankle biting underdog, IMHO.
  3. Old Twins Cap
    Yeah, people on these websites are always extolling trades and draft candidates. In my long experience, the best way to upgrade a team is to have EXISTING players outperform their expectations. Twins, unfortunately, have not had much of that lately. But, in the past, they have. At SOME POINT, the key to Twins success has to be that SOME PLAYERS STEP UP and outperform expectations. Who that is, no can predict. But that is always the elevator up in MLB.
  4. Old Twins Cap
    Twins will not make the playoffs, will not go far if they do, and have no chance to win the World Series. So, accepting that, what makes sense? Build for the future. Pitching, pitching, pitching. And catching, catching, catching. Then, find a 3B for when Sano goes to 1B. They can make their nest from there.
  5. Old Twins Cap
    Hey, the goal is to play .500 baseball. They are still in the running. But seriously folks, the Twins don't have any pitching, and their offense is dependent on young hitters showing up. They play good defense, that's why they are better than last year. The young guys need to experience failure in order to learn and grow. The got a taste last year, but going from first to worst over the course of two weeks this season will be the kind of humbling that can truly motivate and inform. Hard to take as a fan but this kind of medicine is necessary and effective.
  6. Old Twins Cap
    Twins don't have a lot of bullets right now, but Molitor is not exactly making the right moves at the right time either. Once a pitcher shows they are not able to keep runners off base, and not generating swings and misses, and not controlling the ball in the strike zone, even when the game is 1-0 -- OR ESPECIALLY when the game is 1-0, sometimes you have to make a move. As it is, poor pitching, poor managing combined with poor hitting is taking the Twins down. When you play big games and big series, there is no substitute for playing well, being aggressive and taking it to the other team. Twins ain't there right now.
  7. Old Twins Cap
    Who are they sending down or DFA'ing? 1. Turley 2. 26th man brought up
  8. Old Twins Cap
    I don't think people realize that when MLB cut the slot for number 1, and went to a total pool for 10 rounds with penalties for over spending, they, in effect, made it harder to sign the best player at 1:1, who now goes and looks and sees that the offer from the team that took him 1:1 is less than last year's number one pick. MLB can put a slot value for 1:1 but the best players will want above that, and will get it, thus setting up a cascading decline of dollars for that team in the rest of rounds 1 -10. It's kind of like teams will now have to weigh giving a superstar prospect a big payday and torpedoing the rest of their draft, or pass on the superstar and go for spreading the risk across more players. Twins obviously did the latter. Over time, MLB expects this will hold the line on explosive salaries, but it will also for sure, reduce the incentive to take BPA at the top of the draft.
  9. Old Twins Cap
    I think people on this thread need to take a breath, step back and look at the big picture: 1. Best athlete prep in the country from the best baseball state at number 1. 2. Best college bat in the country at number 2. 3. Best pitcher in Canada who looks like a Corey Kluber clone at number 3. These guys study things during the day, like advanced analytics, historical trends, body types, spin rates, and other factors. They got this.
  10. Old Twins Cap
    No, no way. The business of the Twins is baseball, and the Pohlads do not want or need more money. When you are a billionaire, you concern yourself with running a good organization and avoiding mistakes. You do not niggle or worry about draft budgets. A million here or there is useless to these guys. Having a good long-term business, with the right people running the show, that's what you worry about. We got good people now at the top. Let them lead.
  11. Old Twins Cap
    I think baseball is changing. Again. Drafting pitching is seen as a huge risk, not knowing who will crater, get injured or just not work out. So, you wait, and obtain pitching once the smoke clears. Speed, power, defense, those are the elements you can draft and develop. Imagine if Lewis approaches a Lindor or Correa in terms of speed, power and arm. You have a top of the line-up, plus defender, who can run and pressure the other team. Pitching? You get it in other ways.
  12. Old Twins Cap
    Pretty hard to christen a masterpiece before it is done. Let the Michelangelo comparisons begin. Not the Sistine Chapel maybe, but could it be
  13. Old Twins Cap
    Yeah, we can be disappointed, but it would be three or four years before we really know for sure. Baseball is a crap shoot. Within a certain range of xpertise and talent.
  14. Old Twins Cap
    Good work! Hard to figure why Molitor brought in Belisle in the 7th up by a run. Or, why he left him in after a lead-off walk, an infield hit, a double, another double, etc. But, with a winning road trip in the bag, it's a luxury to be able to rest Duffy, Kintzler and Rogers. It's still a loss though, in a game they could have won. Turley did not have good command, but he does have good stuff. He can help once he gets used to the Majors. If Sano had a better game, on both sides of the ball, the Twins win this one easily.
  15. Old Twins Cap
    Talk about trading Santana is just absurd. The first place Minnesota Twins are going to trade their All-Star pitcher, who is affordable and has thrown three complete game shutouts? What people don't understand is that not only do the Twins have a chance to make the playoffs, but the Front Office have to be able to look players, fans and the media in the face for the balance of their tenure.
  16. Old Twins Cap
    What's with the late push up the ladder for McKay? Is that pushing drama for commercial purposes or is there something about McKay, as a pitcher?
  17. Old Twins Cap
    Lost a game they should have won on Wednesday. Won a game they should have lost on Thursday, given their anemic offense and starting Gibson. That would suggest a .500 team. Except they are on the road, playing a hot team and carrying a 4-3 record on this West Coast swing. Be something to see them take 2 of 3 in Frisco and fly home 6-4. Solid.
  18. Old Twins Cap
    He can't throw the curve for strikes. Ergo: players cross it off the list. Fastball at 97? Bring it, the batter says. And it flies a long way.
  19. Old Twins Cap
    Any word on Jay's velocity? Let there be helium.
  20. Old Twins Cap
    Pressley can't locate his off-speed stuff, especially the big curve. They sit on his fastball, which is straight and can fly a long way. Belisle actually has very good control, which is why he is walking so many hitters. If he throws strikes, he will get hit -- hard. Breslow, formerly below average MLB reliever, at best. Kintzler, above average MLB reliever, but not enough stuff to close. That leaves Duffy and Rogers to hold down the fort. This bullpen will work out for the Twins against .500 teams. The good teams will eat our lunch. So we won't contend, but hopefully the young guys, especially Buxton, take a stride forward. Wasn't that the story heading into the season?
  21. Old Twins Cap
    The problem with Belisle is that the umpires are making him throw strikes, and when that happens, he gets hit hard. :} If Twins are going to take their lumps, and they will as the season rolls on, the question becomes who do you want to get hit hard? Some grizzled veteran with a rubber arm or one of your young guns who doesn't know any better?
  22. Old Twins Cap
    Sano is a monster. But, there are games, and you can see it from CF, when he just cannot hit the outside curve/slider. For whatever reason. What goes up, must come down. We hope he continues to make adjustments.
  23. Old Twins Cap
    If Buxton can hit .240 with decent pop, given the young talent the Twins have in Kepler, Polanco, Garver, Rosario, Sano, they will make some noise in MLB playoffs. Add one more quality starter to Berrios and Santana and you have a way to win some series, well, if there is a bullpen of course.
  24. Old Twins Cap
    The end is near for Phil Hughes. If he can't generate swings and misses with his fastball, he's done. But, good article. The Twins finally generating some young pitching, after how many long years? The cumulative return from Denard Span and Ben Revere trades = one year of May? And, maybe Busenitz.
  25. Old Twins Cap
    Bullpen is taking on water. Big league water. Duffey's stuff is okay, but only okay, as in @4.5 era. Pressley's fastball is hittable and his curve is not controllable. Ergo, not dependable. Breslow, unh-hnuh. You got Kintzler, Rogers and .... um, .... that's it. Starters, maybe, at best three dependable, if Berrios pans out. In other words, this season is now on life-support -- just on pitching. Bring up the kids, one-by-one, trial by fire and see who survives. It's the only way to prepare for the years ahead.
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